The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-16 00:00:00

ITORZY MARKETI AND tloxkintoui4 INTEL LIGENCEs CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Yen, 4 • • acted Very trifilng is the business that has been trans !lc--" ' ll the money market this morning. The , )a blie are undoubtedly awaiting the result of the ti4nk Coe te.morrow before they bring their bills .111.t.0 circulation. They will lose nothing by this hiea4telaY, because should the reeiution not take place :ighebrokers, it is thought, will not ask much if any r terms then are now required. Capital is eleeeding.Y plentiful, and there is good reason to x Pect a long continuance of the present abundance. Abut 45,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Y e sterd ay, th ln the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon r ieral decline, there being a strong eraeodas a ge f or bills. ofecounts from Paris mention the suspension they© tnii'lessrs C. Robin and Co., bankers. A favourable ''it'anee.sheet is expected. 1, he failure has been announced of Messrs Joseph Z is Ple and Co,, iroa shipbuilders, of Blackwall. lio,`"illg correct has yet transpired respecting the in the or assets. Messrs Elliot and Co., engaged N o lle China trade, have also suspended payment. to tisstirnate has in this case been made with regard Lie de bts of the firm. Two O'CLOCK. ) le 4 ti i !th e Paris Two this day, according to on e!'s telegrana the 3 per Cent. Rentes were () A t ed 6 5f, 05.. ' o 'l l t the to :1 d alf ly meeting to-day of the share_ 13 of the Banl - 4 ' Of Queensland it was proposed ile ti ' n a l a -ividend of 143 per share on the shares k itt "' Prior to the 31st Dec. last, and of 4s 9,1 per k ft re en the 253 reserved shares issued since last hi d up, gthe rate of i„ hell) at ' I per cent on the amount Th e II . hdepr. ‹inglish Stock Market has presented a rather eit`ale appearance. A very good business . te et . negotiated, but it has been principally co: . Vardvd With sales. Quotations have shown a dow n _ fop thtendetey. Consols for money are WI i'v_ae New E ir e e account, less the dividend, 89 t• The iN kt t h e : aed Reduced Annuities are 8 8 ti i• 5 June eet,,,cleor6illitis, 53 die. to par, and India per Aiase fi r 9 4' et, e aess has prevailed in the Foreign r : Tiitkaied very little business has been transacted. l.ds, Mar -49 6 , 811 6 , Per Cents., 1862, 711 • i • ; do. Conso i e 23 t;1; 4elican 2 8.4-. 4; New, 26f:,- 3 I qaui h ' • ' do . C tificates, 13 g ; Greek, 0 p ort a Paesive, 30k I ; do, er 626 1. liatieße i 4 7 i; and the Confederate Loan, n th e - pp L . ' 01 bee, vfay Share Market the dealings have several Ntike:lerY extensive ; prices, however, in t alitei,"e' exhibit rather more firmness. Gre s a , 4°4111 41:14 Great Western have each improved s 1 43 ;111/Pesten:l 103, t3: 411 ,i 1 e Retro and North Eastern ( Berwick) ,i politati have reached £2, Blackwa. ittle ,S°llth Eastern 109. prtvi..."oreitti 1 L 111,11111,3 rate. and Colonial lines are dull, at about Of i tlh k and Miscellaneous shares show no change °ita K ore a Alliance realised 38 k ; Imperial te n'ansl7l 80 •. Discount tPo r • ia; London and County, , ‘tra et b. 2 , ondon 11r. . 4441 ' 161 ' L Financial, 231 248 ; and 'lantiee, 98, 4 )3kr-n .........._ krDent --'l3ll IFIJXDS—ONZ O'CLOCK, g x , ~.. I) o‘ x uNns. ip:oto °tows ... 90 1 if Ne:.;410141/14t)Peo. 8 ************** N ew Per'ne`ieed ******* 88 a i if W2l -er. L t ............... D o e Per e e • .................... 881 1 a 4eilititDer e sn il t t • Jan. 18 91... .be k l , e 10 v - ,' n , J ar). 1873 .. .I) 0 (it 0 W s - ) 'xpire bth J an., 1880.. ed s n I expire sth April, 1885... /Itol 'a 'telegraph), Aug. 1903... bMarch. June. 5 dis par „ )114 //ill ', Zl,OOO, 4& 31 per Cent. catik,}( 600 ........ Do 4444484°0 ani sOci 1 / ,,,_ ce o44t . tk, 61 per Ct. 1 41 k, qo b o ' A t 'klt, IPIOCSIENT SECURITIES. bo ce0440 Per Cent., April 1874 — 1 ) x p er eet:t 1761 bolee4ht ' July,. 1870 i per 00„: ................... . • _ C e ti ( kt• 1888 .... b s 4 Pe, r e„, eater) D 0 't De l -.. (Lleferred 3 Cent ) bo i1f,... Cent per ' ' 6 ...,,q p ' • *UO g Pet es,„aPer, 4 per Cent . •-- I) o '.',i pe t n''''') Jan.. 1872 •.. 00 I) 1. p e s..er lt. 1, ...... 0 ... _ g o r e siu ) ' ,, rty, 1879 oselcle i 0 ') Aug. 1866 der 41:0U00 0 ................ S —ONE O'CL°CL 1)040100-1;48e, e 6 u Pe r Cent _.-- il 11,,,,,be ' l. eelzt. 18.5.2-.5.8.:61; 14;444,, 1863 .. t li, 4 e. e 3 6 ...,er e467:111,. 4'. Cent,.., 009:ii. per, ee,..._. ............ . 4)tul:itul ocela'.7 ._.--- 11G 47„01)eilert.C;ellt 1 , 0 4.1 i a :.;,„ t, ,jg: - kr . 6 Per C ent., .. ........ rktor im Cent ,sTzo . Eg o o, p • , el i p e , .1,-)i ....... -- t h i; rOpik 011ROildSted, 1 per Cent — Doi);'arl 7 441 Land AV t --- ,%. p er 0,,... at ran • . 4. ,41,.`,'21:1d /."..!IL it ‘JUl3o4Ziaqe uo Per 0 a .... 1, 0 A cn u era., ,„•,... 21_, •.0•••• • • • • • . ....... .j, 00,‘,'° IA . . 04 i 6, e a - Coupons — ei,4:L „ us , s.poi,s .......... • )..ecott„it ato,.,.Tsilit 6, • Illise4l63l39otriterise6e9llr. _..— bo tt k 3 Perett'olla.r.ernul. ....... Railway) e eoui lt e xtt • bi)3o po ............. 2i I I,tt°oPer 0, 1864. 0 ... iv..47_ ..o._. ............ _ 4 14 0 1 .,Pretj l e b 44,47, French tie, 411 is _ tit BFripr, Ex,',.. . ..!,...• - dis x .. 170 ( irEt4ttlai 6 per Cent 20c b o De, !! Cent`''..~ . b ueter , . • ..... , ........ -.. tp cired ..................... 0 T3e9 ellrEttr-__....84 %•4•0••• • • 0 • • 0 . • ....". 1, I,lll_ol ntilretslt (hectares) ........ 4 ni b u i d v : Per C t.) April ' 864.. 13°00 p-etlzeeper, Cent, A u g., 1866.... P OO 4i per ,4,,. (i1rib.4.11...e ............. 0, 41 4 .ee b . 1.. e. ht., 103 6 " . ). • . ....... to p,booltpe.;. .................... b oa b .4V4ceohnt . ellt.• 18ii ......... An,Per u0ta......... .......... i4eoillat ~18,56, • ~.:,._..,.......... t 4 8.11 . e ~.. .... 4 '-), GO, 62,'3.. 471 i o 4 i p e ' . ~r . U ellt 18 2 %* •/.••.• e i • • • • • 47 i k,e4t., 186 0 4 . , £ • 6't. ......... ...... 1), 4 3 bb o 6 Per dent 18(30 ............... bo Al i t eel, .869 .................. kie, ser,..-b,„v362 ............... C r Ji nja . 1), 4ss i,:ia.......::.......... 861 OA 1:1 4 Per us„", ................ 88 tpu .e.cecour lt . ..., ................. pm 13 4 . 34 Per (3.let ................... II), Necount ................... b), A efe;.! ................ -- )o ‘i, e cohi l t 'ed ................. 141p30 ',awe ....................... --- I)EttlisAie,eouttt ........................ --• 0 11 eq . 0 i . ; ................... -- 13 eciftec3o, lit Cou, __!... .......... 30a t wh 0 i81,,, t u..._ ...... not ttulded ...... ottl"tkiBori IrcoCerit. ............... 14 _ ail 6 P, £6O c piid . . . .............. ',1,150 A esn i? . Cut, iga; ............... —pm to c pe u r i-ta_t_ . . . ... : ................ b o Acc oii e v T. 18 38 .. ............... -- .t64_ ................. .• . • . bo ,i4 per ee li, ................. i 1 bo ocouti,t. .; or,;,* .............. -- 4 k , ,_ 0 t i i 4 . '° .. .. ................. -- to 4'lo 044 .................... 714 I•b baratteo . 1863 ............... 721 eN,,G63 s eri ~ 't per cent. ....... 41,..11eia 3 P) 440 paid . . ......... 100 1 ) ,, 4,c Per e clat ........ •••• 1)0 , 0 114 t • .......... b 0 ' Der c e ._ .. .................... , ,e,,,,,,,t,.t., 1852 .................. -- A 1) 1) e°ll t., .I'B4 .................. 51 if,t wid e ~ ........... 0 tsln.liari , 11 " 01 1 the above ...... 4 b4 l ,en 1.1 " Por e ent., E payabl e In Landon E x. 10 Florins. In,rl:4o4l42DiepreerlDa"ereClite.n, tt.lx. 1,2 45ufii. ....... ..... 4 tkli ° 4,, i at. Certific t ........ b 4l , 5 1 3 ',`", 2 Per Cates .......... --- etil°,,CCoui%eellt., 1861 i.. . .. ...... 4.i 0c1 -v 14 4 j) - , - , ..... ' ... s x. 25 trance.. '4ollteelZ",,;krper:enciotxs,t4.l.p-e.;•.di...h:i 4 .. 5, 641 en,,,, *3 0 01 .1), , 4 1 /tf oill _ . TWO 0 O'CLOCIi.. acc,,,,t . ..................... 94 W z.v --' __:•.................. 89a . z et 1 el'Pooi rl--------- - ~otton Market —This Day, 4 41 „ . 10001,4Zned--ve—ry—."-Este—atFy7 Sales, probably , d I rlit l b - - , " - -i-.....-__!_,..,...,,,....... 4 YII 4 ` , 11v t ,,...... .... ------ ter ~t ave beel:44 kiAOL DELIVERY. —The following f•tr,b:di:iyobiveryt,P4l).oiiltd fobr. holding assizes for . the win -rel, t, ) e e 1 t the au Joined places :—lVlnchester, r , i.otli ' ----hew° d .."'AV eii . 4 3 , i b ee. ,‘ r • Thursday, 14,e.8-Chelins. thopt! :i4.04,et0 “-I‘laidatone, Thursday, Dec. 16-- N(11.4 itlci;Y) Dec. 21. Mr Baron Channell will be SHARE 111 A RKE TS, T his day. ORDINARY SHAUES AND STOWIS. Closing Business ihare Railways. Paid.'' Price. done. t 3.14 , et at at 50 20 )o (A eets no dir 00. B till epo.pan.lias been paid to B. •Jublin /cc Belfast June. Oun.,Perth,&Ab. June. ,Ildinburgh Glaigow. Jiang. and S. Western. •-lreat Eastern, Ord. eta Ditto A stock Ditto East A nglian st ireatNorthot Scotlawl Treat Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an,i W. of Irelan great Westerr ,Original, Do Str Val zirt. ntocx Do. South Wales Do. W rtit -Uxioni Newpor t Do Hereford Lancashire Lt Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,Lt S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•Lth Western Shet., & Lincoln. ilaryport and Carlisle Do I shares Iletropolitan Midland Do Bin:ulna*. & Derby `rid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares 'lid Bent ... North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio, Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 116G.61 North London Do New Do New, 18C4 gorth Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. It E., Aber. stoes Do Snot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Union South DeTon . (South Eastern Staines, Wok., an dWok Tail Yale.. Do C. Vale of igeath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R , ihar, 100 Sk 1 58 6) 102 103 }dig p 5} tt 81 9k 10 ,00 94 93 8) 90 too stock stook 20 stook 10 103 105 1033 1-4 h 100 100 100 100 100 too 100 100 stook stock Business don( IC4 3/ 20/ 18 10i 00 92 70 73 60 62 64 66 55 57 53 55 46 50 29 31 27 29 1031 :04i pr lip pr tp 31 log 41 stock stock stook 100 101 91 91 114 14 91 f 3 81 E 3 d 10! 103 94 06 88 0:1 9 Cl 6 : 80 63 ' 1001 101} 100} 1014, Id ip 1011 IU2 95 97 'l' SECURITIE6. CUTTING AND WOUNDING WITH A KNIFE. Amelia Reynolds was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with unlawfully cutting and wounding James Norton, a booteloser, of 2, Leicester-buildings, Leicester-square. Sergeant Horsey, 6 C, said that at a quarter to ten last night be was called to 2, Leicester-buildings, and in a room on the first floor he saw a man with the right side of his shirt saturated with blood. The man, whose name was Norton, said "Look here," at the same time pointing to his shirt. He (Horsey) asked Norton who had done it, and he said " That woman," meaning the prisoner, He asked him what she had done it with, and he said 'with a sharp knife.' The prisoner then said, " I did it, and will serve him a - sight worse." The prisoner afterwards gave him a knife (a chat p I.,olted :hoetnaker's knife), at the same time say ing, that's the knife I did it with." Norton then said he felt very weak from the loss of blood, and a constable, by his directions, took him to the Charing cross Hospital. Norton said he would attend the Court that morning, but had not done so. Tho surgeon at the hospital last night said ho could nat tell the result of the wound. Mr Tyrwhitt asked what Norton was, and the sergeant said he was a boot-closer. He only knew the prisoner as a prostitute. He believed she lived with Norton. The prisoner said she was using the knife to cut her sup per, when Norton came in the worse for liquor and knocked her down. A scuba took place between them, and some how Norton got wounded in the side. Norton was con stantly ill-using her or knocking her about. Sergeant Horsey handed Mr Tyrwhitt the following cer tificate which he received from the hospital-- "James Norton was brought here with a stab in his right Ioin.—JAMES G. MACBINLAY, house surgeon, Char ing -cross Hospital, Nov. 16." Mr Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner till Monday next, but if Norton came she could be brought be fore him again. The prisoner was then remanded. WESTMINSTER. Dennis Harring`on, alabonrer of Herculean proportions, was charged with a most disgraceful outrage. Ellen Sullivan, a very aged and infirm person, said she lived at 2. Bull's-head-court, Orchard-street, Westminster, and the pi isoner was her son-in-law, who lived with her, Yesterday afternoon he came home and beat her, and dragged her about and kicked her. ,He came home under the influence of liquor, and asked her for some fish. She reminded him that be had before eaten it, and he then com menced his ill treatment. Ho sezed her by the hair of the head, struck her several times, and then kicked her. Mr Arnold—How old are you ? Prosecutor—Four score and two. Mr Arnold—lt is a great age. What was done after this ? The police—She was taken to the hospital, and he was afterwards apprehendad. Prisoner—l never touched her. Sho fell down and hurt herself. I asked for something to oat, and she said she had not got anything, and that's how it happened. I never touched her. Mr Arnold—Let the persons in the house, if any are here, stand forward, A woman was sworn who:evidently endeavoured to screen the accused, and pretended she knew nothing about it. The police said that this woman had declared to them that she had heard the old woman's cries for help. IVol., and Str. Val. lythe and Tyne. 3ristol and Exeter .3aledonian ;or& and Bandon :ornwall 84 (6 129 130 6 7 32 34 16 17 00 92 101 109 454 49i 61 7i 137 139 1511 157 130 132 91 93 77 67 69 59 61 41 46 91 101 1161 )17 81 85 104 o); 38 40 1191 1191 97 19 651 661 1221 1231 137 1374 105 107 64 Z 5 24 i 54 112 113 69 70 1 1 102 87 88 10 11 8 9 r 120 122 1 lip 73 SO 10i 11 13k 138 66 68 F 8 40 88 /-8i 8 0 155 158 34 44 p 1( 5 108 , 88 40 98 102 98 1 u 98 100 90 92 88 92 104 100 05 107 106 108 108 110 102 105 t,9 112 193 106 tO5 108 ,07 110 :(6 *lO5 96 99 97 99 95 97 94 D 6 103 106 !100 102 !1.03 105 'EO6 108 .C 7 1(8 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. C !offing Price. Railways Paid. Ulantie & St Lawreno , tom.,Barodact.Cent In Go. 5 per cent... . Do. E. Shares... . .lullalo and Laaelturoi Do. Preferonoe tuflalo,Brant,&Godricl p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Jo. do. July 1, 187 )0. do. June 1, 18; loutta.&S.Eastu.,Lii. 'apeTOWTI t Dock Scr. Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf I:astn. Bengal gu. 51. I , :ast Indian. p . n. 5 p. Do. do. J Ext.... grand Trunk of Canal , Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist frtl. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonus Do. do. deferred Do. 3d P, ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock—. Do. do. deferred t3t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. Gu I. 5 per cen' Do. New gua. 5 p. e South.of India (Lim uaranteed 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do It. W. 01 Canada Share, Do. New ... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Jo. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. fndian Branch Limited Iladraa. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4f p. o. Extenaiol do Do. Fifth Extension. Aelb.Corp. Pi p. o. Bndt, %Leib. & Ilobson's Bay. Vewßruuswiok et Candi Class d and B. 4.ltl.C'das po Ist pi belt ioinde ..)o. Delhi )o. do 173 Do. Punjaub I)o.l.ndus.St. Floc) 10 all all 1.0( all ..11 all all all All 100 (100 103 2 iCG 'lOO LONIAL British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Do. do. 1883 un.tio7.6 p.c.Ja. &J ul 1877-St Do.Cp.c.Feb.&Aui Do. 6 p. c. Mar.& Sept Do. E p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stool ape (I.llope, 6 p 0,187 Do.Ap & Oct. 188 , Do. 189 , 10. Jan. & July. 1801 'eylon, N0v.1F64, 6 p iio. 1878, do. lauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 1878 Do. 1882 catal Gov. 6 per cent. 4.11.00 v. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul) 4. S.W. G ov. 6p 2.,18u , Du. 5 p. c.,18t1 to 1‘;7o Do. d0.,1888 &upwth :ew Zealand 6 p cent icra Scotia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 ,lueensland Gcv. 6 p. c ,Aus Gov. 6 p.c.U. 68- Do. 1.78 &ui ward ; Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Do. to 6 p.o. An.&Oet.. 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 tarnhrian Consol. Gola 1 1 11 Chiverton 3 6 7 - tioru Amalgamated.. —3) 32 , ovon G. Con.. (Taoist. 1 580 600 Drakewar 5............ 2.1.0. f 1 •, , tst Bassett (Illogatt).. rt 50 52 Caridon 5.14.1 18 20 l 6 , :ast Card 3.4.0 61 7 East Grenville ~ East Lovell . .. 2.13.6. 12 13 WlRussel(favistk. 8.13. 41 41 4amASt.Aubyn(G wen GO 6 8 4 Great Laxey, all 15.1 161 ireat South Tolgus l7. 1 2 - 1. Wheal Vor (11.eletm 40 33 35 34 irenville.. Itr&d's-Foot 8.13 35 37 iingston Downs 1.18.( 44i Margaret (Uny Lelant ! 1 7 9 —larke Valley.. 4 1 vndv Iron Ore (Lim. 21 1% 14. 19 24 t. 6 cw Sett)n 2l{ (0 70 •••• • ortli Downs..~ North Roskear.. . 291 17 19 )% Baseettlllo2,7a. 3.1 .6 11 2 "ortb Croity 2.80 21 21 Prosper 7.1. , . 3t 31 rovidenee(Uny Lelut. 10 6.7 31 36 ‘outhUaradon(St.Cleer 11 320 540 '.Wheal loran. s.ts.i 33 36 itray Park (in Croft )5 16 14 Vest Basset (Illogan), . 11 8 9 V C. radon (Liskeard 9 5 6 West Chiverton 'Nest Sown .'heal Basset (Illogan 51 90 83 ',heal Buller(Redrutli, 10 12 14 Wheal Lud , Ott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men. 8 15 17 Wheal seton 5Bl 200 205 ,Vheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 19 H ,Vheal Union 4 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 106 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 113 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred . 85 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 103 PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pf., ae, Ditto, 5 per cent. pf, 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 215 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 141 Great Luxembourg, 11.1 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 14 BANKS. Agra and 31 tsterman's (lim.), Ditto, ne issd at 30 pm , calls paid in advance, fra Alliance , UM. 29 8 Ditto, new, 37e 8 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd , 23k Bank of Egypt, 30 29i Bank of London, 116 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 35 41 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Bra.), I Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 221 Imperial Bank (1im.).1 Ditto, new, 3) Imperial Ottoman, 171 Lund Mortgage Bank of India, UM., 4t London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 5 London and Brazilian aim.), 461 London and County, 80 London Joint Stock, 481 London and 11 estminster, 99 8 Merchant Bank, lim , 25 Mercantile and Exchange, Em., ; Ditto, new,rBl Oriental Bank Corporation. 594 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., 4 Scinde, l'unjaub, and Delhi. Jim., 111 Standard of British South Africa (limo), 252 Union of Australia, 514 MISCELLANEOUS. Angle-Mexican Mint, 18,1 10 Bo ..bay Gas, Urn , 4 Credit Foncier and 31obilkr of England, 7i Ditto (.£2), 444 5 Di scount Corporation, Via . Com.and Trading, lien., 5 i Gen. Credit and N'inance of London, lim., et Hudson's and C donial A ssurance, 0 !Judson's Bay, 17k a -Irnperi.,l 'Mercantile Credit Asso., lim. , 71 1 International Financial Society, lira., 7k 7 J... ternat ional Land Credit, Um., 44 oint Stock Discount, lim., 61 J.ond o tvieuiltVinancial Association, lim., 241 31 Nation a l . 0ew,1'431 North —r_til,count Company, lim., 15 I Ocean .sh and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 191 Peninsulanne (Insurance), 271 lilo de and Oriental Steam,'— Smith, iaT g l i n City Improvements, Bin, 251 Thames and , t l ' and Co., lira., Warrant Fiance, "ersearine (insurance), Urn., lidgi la 30 48; ok 771 i 60i 60 45 no 20! 804 1 79f #96 39f 119/ f 20 66 6 1231 ti 137 k I 1126 13 70 1011 2} E 8 7i 1031 MEN 100 100 100 100 100 100 rnE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EViNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. MARLBOROUGH•STREET. Public Works in the Manufacturing Districts. That the operation of the Public Works Acts in the manufacturing districts should be watched with a solicitude akin to suspicion is no more than natural. In other countries the expedient is common enough, but not so with ourselves. We consider that such an employment of public money is necessarily open to serious abuse, and if the emergency had not been extreme, the occasion unparalleled, and the obli gation overruling, the Act would never have been passed. However, while Lancashire did its own part in the relief of the distress produced by the Cotton Famine, tsnd while the public at large did the same, the contribution of the State itself to the work of charity was represented by an advance of nearly two millions sterling for the creation of arti ficial employment in the districts Lfil cted. By the aid of this money, furnished on easy terms, each township or cor poration might undertake public works which would not have been undertaken otherwise, so that the demand for labour thus produced might provide with fresh earnings those operatives whose ordinary wages had ceased with the stoppage of the cotton mills. There was little or no restriction attached to the proposed expenditure. save that the works undertaken should be of public utility, but it was an obvious cmdi:ion of the bargain that the money thus furnished should be applied as far as possible in promotion of its immediate object—the employ ment of the factory operatives thrown out of work. Of course as these operatives brought no avail able skill to their new labour it was inevitable that skilled workmen from other trades should be employed to guide them, but it was understood that in the selection and exe cution of the works to be undertaken preference should be given to such designs as would employ unskilled labour in the greatest proportion. We can now lay betoro the public two pieces of authen • tic information on this subject. We can tell them exactly what has been done in the aggregate, and we can let them see in detail what was actually going on in the last week of last month. The total amount of money set apart for the purposes in question was £1,850.000, and of this as much as £1,796 642 has been already ap propriated, although the greater portion of it remains still to be advanced by future instalments. The un appropriated balance, therefore, is but little over £50,000, and applicati-ns more than sufficient to absorb this sum have teen made. Altogether, of the £1,850,000 originally available, rather less than the £850,000 has been already expended, and rather more than the £1,000,000, though it is all bespoken, remains for expenditure still. Now, what as this fund doing for us in the week taken at hazard, and how did it contribute to the mitigation of Lancashire distress P Well, we are told that, including the pro ceedings in some eighty different places, it provided 4,002 factory operatives with wages, and most readers will probably be surprised at the smallness of the pro duct. In fact, the product certainly is small, though a god deal has to be added in the way of explanation. To begin with, these figures must not be measured with those which pa!odically indicate the recipients of relief. When we report that 150,000 persons were relieved in a particular week the number represents all the men, women, and children of their several families; when we say that 4,000 factory operatives found employment under the Public Works Act we speak of able-bodied men alone, each one of whom supports by the wages of this employment the remainder of the family. Thus adopting the usual principle of computation, these works provided 16,000 persons with the means of living. Then, there were supposed to be 2,000 more employed in getting stone and other materials for the works in progress, which would add 8,000 to the former numbers. Lastly, there were 2,422 skilled labourers employed in the direction and instruction of the others, which would give 8,000 more, so that between 30,000 and 40,000 persons were finding sup port through this advance of public money. It is true that the engagement of skilled labourers would not directly diminish the pressure on the factory operatives, but still their earnings were spent in the district to the advantage of the small shopkeepers and the general benefit of the neighbourhood. One other circumstance, too, should be mentioned. Mr Rawlinson, the superintendent engineer, informs us that in some places, and especially in Black burn, the factory operatives who had taken service in these works, and acquired a knowledge of their new em ployment, made a point of returning themselves as "skilled labourers," being unwilling to lose the benefit derivable from the capacity which they had gained. Nevertheless, it will doubtless be considered that all this money should have employed a greater number of the dis tressed operatives, and that conclusion will be confirmed by a comparison of the proceedings and results at different points of the distressed districts. We subjoin, for example, the total amounts borrowed according to this return in the seven instances where the demands upon the fund have been greatest, and the numbers of factory operatives em ployed respectively at the places in question during the last week in October : Number £ Employed. Ashton-under-Lyre 125,032 .. 150 Blackburn Bolton 177,034 .. 299 lancliester OALLam Stalybridge Prestoa With these figures let us now contrast the fol. lowing : Number Employed. Bury Glossop 16,401 392 Hurst Stockport Wigan Now, if these figures are added up, it will be seen that seven towns, with funds amounting to £312,518, were em ploying only 1,14) factory operatives, whereas five others, with only £173,106 between them, were keeping 1,140 operatives at work. The case of Manchester in particular is remarkable, all the more so, indeed, as that city has actually received for expenditure the greater part of its very large share of money, whereas in other cases, though the loan obtained may have been considerable, the sum hitherto applied has been comparatively s mall. The contrasts above presented arise, no doubt, from a great variety of circumstances. In the first instance, the nature of the works undertaken probably governed the demand for labour, skilled and unskilled, and it is easy to understand that the selection of these works was not always entirely at the discretion of the authorities. It was stipulated that they should ba in all cases of public utility, or, in other words, that they should be w anted for the use and bent fE of th e people, an d if, therefore, certain works were not required, they could not be u ndertaken, w hatever promise of emp l oyment the pros p e ct might offer. We infer, however, from Mr Rawlinson's report that some local authorities have, "in their selection of works, thought as much as sanitary improvement as of the amount of em ployment which would be afbrded to indigent f actory ope ratives," for that gentl eman dist i nct ly sa ys that if they have done so " it can hardly be deemed a matter of regret." We feel by no means certain of that conclusion. The first object of the public grant was certainly the relief of Lanca shire distress by the artificial employment of Lancashire of all other objects, how ever d es i ra ble they may have o p e ratives, and this, we think appeare d in themsel ves . Manchester, it seems, h as a ppli e d , should have had precedence upwards of £lOO,OOO to the water.supply of the town—its expenditure, indeed, having been almost exclusively de voted to that purpose. The purpose in itself may be un• exce ptionable, but if it has n o t c o ntributed to the relief of hands, wo think the money might have been better invested, an d th a t Manchester should th e unemployed cotton either have done more or borrowed less. It will be little satisfaction to reflect on the million of money still available for the relief of the distressed districts during the impending winter unless we can believ e the classes distressed will get the benefit of the expenditure. We trust this will be the ease, as far as practicabl e ; but we should be glad of some better assurance than we can derive, on the whole, from I from tht return b us.—Thnes. The Execution of Muller. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Witness admitted having heard her cries of murder. A second woman was put into the witness box, and al though not so unwilling to give evidence as the other, there was some reservation. She heard the old woman cry "Murder" two or three times, and also heard the prisoner use violent threats to her. There was a great noise in their room at the time she cried out. Police constable Edward Arnold, 247 B, said he was called to Buckshead•court, and found prosecutrix bleeding —blood was streaming down her face from one of her eyes, Prisoner then got away, but was taken in the course of the afternoon, when he used violent throats to the old woman declaring what ho would do to her when he got at liberty. Mr Arnold—This brutal assault is very clearly proved, although there is a marked desire on the part of the wit nesses to conceal the facts. Nothing can be more disgrace ful than a powerful man like you assaulting this aged wo man. You are committed for six months to hard labour in. the House of Correction, and must find bail for your good behaviour six months longer. TLIA.MES, DANGER ON THE ROAD.—James Wilks, a tall, elderly man, was brought before Mr Paget charged with being drunk while in charge of a waggon and four horses in the Bow-road, yesterday afternoon. The case was clearly made out against the prisoner. Police-constable 301 K said the prisoner was seated on the box of the waggon. The reins of the horses were thrown on one side, and the animals were proceeding slowly along the road towards Essex. The prisoner, who was very drunk, w s quite incapable of managing the horses. They were without any control at all, The prisoner said he was very sorry for being in the state in which he was discovered. Ho had drunk a little too much. As to the horses, they could take care of themselves. He drove wichmt reins yesterday. Mr Paget—Then there was great danger to passengers crossing the road ? The Prisoner—There was no fear of that. Mr Paget—There was great danger. If any woman or child had been crossing the road the horses would have gone over them. There was no check. The prisoner said his duties were very heavy. He was on duty 25 hours, from 9 o'clock one night until II the next, taking animal charcoal between Irish-row, East Ham, and the sugar baker's in Whitechapel. Mr Paget—l consider this a wry serious offence. A drunken man driving four horses and a heavy waggon along a public road wit:lout reins, Ycu are fined 20s, and in dufault 14 days' imprisonment. IEARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with home-grown wheat. For selected parcels there was a steady demand at full prices; otherwise, the trade was dull at about Monday's currency. With most descriptions of foreign wheat the market was well supplied. Generally speaking, sales proceeded slowly at the rates current on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at previous quotations. The market was seasonably well supplied with barley. Good and fine malting'qualities were in steady request at full prices, but for inferior produce the demand was very in active, at late rates. . In malt, a very moderate business was transacted, on former terms. There was a good supply of oats on the stands. Generally speaking, the trade was firm, and Monday's prices were well supported. Beans met a slow sale, at late rates. For peas, the trade was quiet, at previous quotations. In flour, only a moderate business was transacted, at late prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 4lO 120 2,260 600 Irish 760 Foreign 3,760 1,560 11,370 40 sks brls BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very firm, and all descriptions of hops fully supported precious rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules firm, at the annexed rates : Beef, from 2s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Sibs by the carcase. THE DANISH WOUNDED.—The committee which at the outset of the Danish war was formed, under the pre sidency of the Marquis cf Clanricarde, to collect funds for the relief of the sick and wounded of the Danish army, have just remitted a final sum of £124 15s 6d to the Danish committee at Copenhagen, roaking a total of nearly £9,200 collected in England, and remittted to Denmark for this benevolent object. Th e collection of such a sum for the relief of the wounded of a foreign army is no slight evi dence of the sympathy felt in England for the Danes in their gallant struggle against an overwhelming force. En ! . LAMBERT.—" Mr Lambert will see company At his house, Number Fifty-three, Piccadilly,next Albany, nearly opposite St James's Church, from eleven to five. o'clock. Tickets of admission, One Shilling each." He was one of the lions of London for a time. His exhibition room (what a famous place Piccadilly has been for giants, dwarfs, lean people, and fat people 1) was visited by the high born as well as by the vulgar ; and he appears to have been respected as well as looked at, for he was a kind and sensible man, He was always shocked at the idea of any personal indignity or insult being cast upon him on the ground of his bulk by coarse minded parsons; and this known susceptibility was generally respected. Mr Lam bert was healthy in spite of his obesity. Some years earlier, when he was thrice the weight of an ordinary man, ho could carry a weight of 500113. During the last fl'teen years of oh life he drank nothing but water, and was usually cheer- Cul and good-humoured. His bulk increased year by year, until, shortly before his death, in 1809, he attained the unprecedented weight of 739;b• (nearly 53 stones). Hi s coffin was 76 inches long by 62 inches wide, and con ained 112 square feet of elm. The coffin w as regularly built upon axles and wheels ; and not July the window, but also the side of a room, had to be taken down, to afford a passage for the bulky man. The wheeled coffin was drawn to St. Martin's churchyard, where a gra dual descent was made to the grave by excavating the ;round. We remember seeing, a few years ago, at a boot .eaker's in the City, a pair of shoes, the counterpart of some which had been made for the weighty Daniel by a former jroprietor of the shop; they were, as Thomas Hood said of t stage-coachman's great coat, Too broad to be conceived by any narrow mind. Dokens 4 " All the Year Round," SHIPPING-TIM DAY, • _Wind W.—Arrived—WellesleY) LONDON, Nov. 16.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fate Weather, but a little cloudy. fro P m LY Ceb U e T n Er : NEWPORT, Nov. 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Elpis, from Bristol for Pernambuco. Sailed—R. Lamont, for Mauritius. 1 A —l - Vind N P HOLYHEAD, Nov. A-• ---.—Arrived—Thomas Nov. 15. Lee, from Liverpool for Vancouver's Island, towed in. being dismasted. Nov. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ber- E.—Arrived—Alma, 14. — Wind —Jeune Nantes, from St Vincent. from c e A n RooDKI Demerara.rr F i A. , v E Nov., Nov. i 5 . 12 w . — i r : f E r N o s in T o c N a v r N d , iff for Genoa. ran Q i all: (BY MAGNETIC TELEORAPII,) G R AVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 15—Mermaid, from Guernsey—Gondala, from Demerara, Arrived, Nov. 16—Fideo, from Odessa—Forest Fairy, from Denia. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Sailed—Glenearos, for ClYna—Beltend Will, for Hong Kong—and others, for the Westward. about 26 years of age, b as j ust p aid a successful visit to A swindler of sho w y a pp ear a n c e, a pp arentl y Boulogne. He waited on the cure of one of the parishes in that town, and announced himself as the nephew of the Grand Vicar of the see of Marseilles, at the same time presenting a letter of recommendation, bearing an imitation of the signature of that ecclesiastic, and of the seal of the bishopric. He then requested the cure to accompany him to a banking house of the town to obtain payment of a cheque for 3,750 f, signed by a well-known firm at Marseilles. The venerable priest consented, and the cash was obtained, but both draft and letter have since proved to be only forgeries, SlR,—Your report in to.day's paper of the execu. tion of Franz Muller is entirely correct, with the one exception that the unhappy man declared he was innocent not while, but before, the Sacrament was being administered to him. Soon after entering his cell on the last morning I asked Muller again whether he was guilty of this murder. He denied - it. I then said, " Muller, the moments are precious; we must turn our minds wholly to God; I shall question you no more about this, but my last words to ycu will be Are you innocent ?' " He remained silent far a minute or two, but presently exclaimed, his eves full of tears, and clasping his arms round my neck, " DJ not forsake me; stop with me to the last." I was SO struck with this that I consulted with Mr Jonas, the ,Governor, whether the final question should b 3 put in the pinioning room or on the EClffOld. We decided for the latter. The manner iu which this crime was committed will never be known. My own firm conviction, de rived from the closest prsonal intercourse with the prisoner, is that murder was not premedi.ated ; but that Muller, in want of money, and yielding to a sudden temptation, attacked his victim for the sake of robbery, and finished, in the despair of the mo ment, by killing him either with his own hands, or_ by causing his fall from the railway carriage. I recollect particularly on one occasion, when 1 repre sented to him the crime as likely to have taken place in this way, he answered not, but gazed at me intently, and impressed me at the time with the belief of the correctness of my supposition. I have generally observed that Muller was most earnest in protesting his innocence when directly charged with murder. Statements such as having never been in a North London Railway train he made only in answer to pointed questions, and, it seems, in order not to contradict previous similar assertions. His manner—simple, gentle, and apparently open and truthful—was such as easily to deceive even ex perienced observers, and the wonderful self-posses. Sion of this most remarkable character was never more strikingly manifested than by his fencing with words, the rope round his neck and the white cap over his face, when about to confess his guilt at the very last moment. His last two hours were all peace and prayer. He repeated what he had said before, " If I had died six months ego I should have been lost, but now I entirely rely on God's mercy ; I have done with the world and am ready to leave it.'' He stated all recent events had at times appeared to him like a vision or a dream, adding that he had passed in solitude through many terrible hours since his arrest in America. He was full of meekness and resignation, forgave freely all his enemies, re quested me to write to his father that he should die a happy and repentant man, and spoke in terms of affection and gratitude of the prison officials, par ticularly of the Rev. Mr Davis and Mr Jonas, the Governor. And I desire to conform to his sentiments towards all the officers of the prison, and cannot sufficiently express my admiration of the firmness, combined with touching kindness and tenderness of heart, with which Mr Jonas fulfilled his most try. ing functions. It is a blessing indeed to have such officers in such a prison. In conclusion, I feel constrained respectfully to call the attention of the proper authorities to what seems to me a cruel and crying evil in Newgate. Again and again on Monday morning in those last solemn moments our prayers were interrupted by the savage yells of the multitude assembled to wit ness the execution. Cannot the condemned cells be placed in a position where the noise of hammering and the shouts of the mob do not reach the ears of the miserable culprit ? I have the honour to be, sir, your moat obedient servant, LOUIS CAPEL, D D., Minister of the German Lutheran Church, Alie-street, Goodman's-fields. 4, Primrose•hill-road, Nov. 15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SEN. Sin, —By the gasping, sobbing gratification that his so generally followed Muller's supposed confession, I may fairly conclude that very many others besides myself either felt that he was innocent, or that (as the Scotch term it) his crime was "not proven," and that there really was a doubt about it, which ought, and perhaps would, have been given in Muller's favour, but for a sort of panic all society had imbibed from the nature of the deed—a murder—and an escape against time—in a railway first-class carriage, with only two minutes or so to do it all in. Your paper and the /Imes appear to have given the most probable version of this confession. For myself, Sir, I do not believe in the confession of Muller. Ido not mean that Dr Cappel misstated, but only misunderstood what Muller actually said just as the drop fell. _ _ _ Muller had said, in reply to Dr Cappel, " God Almighty knows what I have done." The doctor's next question was— " He knows if you have done this particular deed f" and he makes Muller say— " Yes, I have done it." Now, I consider Muller's answer more likely to have been —" Yes, if I have done it ;" meaning, evidently, that " of course God knows whether I did the murder or not." And this is consistent with all that had gone before, especially the declaring his innocence after he had taken the Sacra ment. The point, however, that I wish further to call your at tention to, on behalf of all eondemned felons in future, is, that Muller, being convicted on a Saturday night, was hanged in just a fortnight and a day, because the three Sundays elapsed in that period. Had his trial been carried over to the Monday, he would have had three week for re pentance. I trust you will animadvert on the above incon sistency, or haste; and that by no possibility in future such a boon should be shortened by a mere chance, as occurred with this most unfortunate foreiner. I remain, Sir, ono of your constant readers, 15th November, 1861. We beg to direct the attention of our correepot dent " W." to the following conversation that took place between Dr Capel and the convict on the morning of the execution : The final asseverations and confession of the unhappy man who was executed on Monday have been reported with some slight variation of phrase, although the import was in most instances the same. The actual words made use of are subjoined in the original German. One hour before the time appointed for the execution the Rev. Dr Cappel in the con demned cell exhorted Muller to confess to him if he had been guilty of the crime for which he was so soon to suffer. The prisoner was si'ent, but in a moment, overwrought, ho laid his,head upon Dr Cappel's shoulder, weeping bitterly. He only said, " Oh, don't forsake me I Stay with me to the last I" Hitherto the declarations of the prisoner had been to maintain the plea that he was innocent, and inferentially, though never directly, to deny his commission of the crime. The appeal he now made, and his abstention from any pre varication or assertion, gave Dr Cappel a hope that he would at last confess, and he determined that his final ap peal should be OR the scaffold. 'When he stood under the gallows with Muller, the Rev. Mr Davis being with him, he spoke as follows : Dr Cappel—Muller, in wenigen Augenblicken stehen Sio vor Gott ; ich frage Sie nochmals, and znm letzen male, Sind Sie schuldig oder unschuldig? Muller—lch bin unschuldig. Dr Cappel—Sie sind unschuldig P Muller—Gott Weiss was ich gethan habo. Dr Cappel—Gott weiss was Sie gethan haben. Weiss er auch dams Sie dies Verbrechen gethan haben ? Muller— Ja ; ich habe es gethan The words translated are as follows : - _ Dr — Cappel said— Muller, in a few moments you will stand bolero God. I ask you again, and for the last time, are you gal) , or not guilty Muller answered—Not guilty. Dr Cappel—You are NOT guilty ? Muller—God knows what I have done. Dr Cappel—God knows what you have done. Dues He also know that you have committed this crime ? Muller— Yes ; I have clone it. There is a strong probability that if the executioner had not been so terribly prompt in withdrawing the fatal bolt, Muller would have made a much taller oonfession, and that his tenacious hope of reprieve having at last given way, he would perhaps have made some statement as to how the struggle took place which resulted in the murder. It was only by the very narrowest chance the culprit had time to say what be did ; for the important words were almost cb eked in the uttering. It is usual at executions for all those whose painful duty takes them actually upon the scaffold to retire before the executioner draws the bolt of the drop; but on Monday morning Calcraft actually per formed this task while the two ministering clergymen—the Rev. Mr Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, and the Rev. Dr Cappel—were standing close beside the unhappy convict, listening with intense anxiety to the hurried words which bore the scant but conclusive confession. After Calcraft had drawn down the cap, tied the rope round Muller's neck, and secured his lags with the usual strap, all which he did with remarkable quickness, he suddenly left the platform. The two clergymen, who were standing im mediately in front and as near to the prisoner as possible, were not able to converse with him during the time the hangman was engaged in his office ; but when these terrible details were finished the Rev. Dr Cappel spoke to Muller with the greatest solemnity, and with peculiar earnestness of tone. The spectators who were near the gallows appeared to be greatly impressed. Only the little group under the beam could hear what words were uttered. It appeared as though the last counsel of the German minister was received by Muller with an intensity of feeling. Dr Cappel bent for ward with outstretched hands, and with his face close to that of the unhappy criminal. Through the white cap, which hardly came even with the jaw, the lips could be seen mov• ing, and while Dr Cappel was thus listening the drop fell, with a suddenness that must have greatly startled that gen tleman. Dr Cappel was actually leaning forward and listen ing when the body went down. The two clergymen were left or tho moment in dreadful contiguity to the dying man. Phrenological Examination of Muller's Head from the Cast. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Dr. Donovan bogs to inform the E litor of 2hc Sun that he received special permission from Sheriff Dakin to take a cast of the bead of Muller after his execution. To Dr. Donovan the cast has no direct pecuniary value, for he does not sell caste. During ►he last 25 years Dr. Donovan has only in two instances been refused permission to take such casts, of which there is a collection rreserved at New gate. The cast of Muller, which Dr. Donovan sends for the Editor's inspection, shows . the mark of the rope and its genuineneBs. Nov. 14, 1804. C. DoNoVAN, Ph. D. If Muller's confession at the last moment had not set the question of his guilt at rest, the doubt would not have been wholly removed by such testimony as is offered to the phrenological eye by his cerebral organisation. For though there are ugly points in the development, the head, as a whole, is by no means of the low criminal type. With such heads as those of the bunkers-Burke, Hare, Williams, Bishop ; or the heads of Rush, Palmer, Mrs. Manning ; or those of the class feeble, such as Bellingham, Stevenson, Taylor of Manchester, and Mullins—this head of Muller refuses to be classed. Still the head, seen by the experienced eye, has repulsive features. Had not facts borne so stongly on the side of guilt, the head would admit of serious doubts. It is certainly indicative of deep craftiness—the most unsafe of characteristics--and of the capacity to act a part with accomplished dissimulation. It indicates also much covetousness of property. That cruelty and the killing propensity are in the lower animals associated with craftiness is certain. It cannot be said that man is an exception. Ceteris partbus, the more craftiness the more cruelty may be affirmed of human beings, as is testified by the savage races. Muller was crafty, and under this disguise lay hid the savage that under tempta tion predqininated. But even if the head were free from the dangerous points, even if it were what could be called really well formed, no one understanding the doetrines of phrenology would venture to assert chat there would ba a necessary exemption from the liability to fall into vicious courses, and ultimately to commit a crime of the deepest dye. Organisation of brain is very influential for good, or tor evil. But so are external influences ; i, a., education in the widest sense of the term. Muller was naturally sym pathetic, conscientious, affectionate, obliging, regardful of reputation, humane. But to what extent did outer in fluences tend to nourish such dispositions ? " When," says the late Archbishop cf Dublin, "Thurtell, the mur. derer, was executed, there was a shout of derision raised against the phrenologists for saying that his organ of Benevolencelwas large. But they replied that there was also a large 'Destructiveness,' and a moral deficiency which would account for a man goaded to rage—by having been cheated out of almost all he had by the man he killed—committing that act, It is a remarkable confirmation of their view, that a gentleman who visited the prison where Thurtell was con fined, shortly after the execution, found the gaolers, &0., full of pity and affection for him. They said he was a kind, good-hearted fellow, and that they never had a prisoner whom they r egretted so much. And such seems to have been his natural character when not influenced at once by' desire of revenge and of gain."—Annotations to Bacon. Like Thurtell, Muller was not a badly organised man ; far from it. By what infelicitous influences, internal and external, he came to be capable of committing so horrid a murder, who can say ? The head on the posterior region is strongly an'malised, but the moral region, per se, is well developed superficially, though somewhat deficient in height as compared with its width. 1 have remarked in most of the heads of foreigners executed in England within the last 25 years a coarseness of skin approaching to the grain of the pig's skin. This is very visible in Muller. I have not seen the like in English heads. It suggests an inference affecting the quality of the brain, the general mental condition, and the brad of the man. The Lead is positively large, and is indicative of much bodily strength. Altogether, it is a study for the phrenologist, and it should serve as a caution against drawing hasty conclusions for or against from the celebral developments only. Phrenology affords to the adept in the science a most important basis for the study of character. It supplies facts of great value, and proclaims natural laws which before Dr. Gall's discoveries "lay hid in night." But the flippant presumption of many of its early amateur students has done more to give rise to misconception and distrust of the science than any opposi tion it has met with. That Muller should have gained the good-will of his acquaintances, and imposed on his re verend compatriot by professions of innocence, are facts in harmony with his organisation. The physiognomist would find in his mouth and chin au expressi Al more positive of its kind than his head presents. The strong love of appro bation and the love of children ascribed to him are borne out in his organisation, which indicates also a tendency to temperance in eating and drinking. Had he been brought up a soldier or sailor, it is probable that his in born capacity for deeds of violence would never have been illicitly manifested. He had that within him which admitted of a different career than the brief one so tragically ended. That Muller had an intellect of no mean sort is certain. So far as evil can be well done, it served him well all through. During his fearful voyage home it enabled him to allay by reading his fearful consciousness. He kept his counsel well, and was led into the error of giving the jeweller's box to the child by a social virtue—the inborn love of children. Hope buoyed him to the last moment of existence; when its whisperings ceased, the " still small voice" made itself im peratively audible, triumphing for the first time, though, doubtless, it never had ceased to exercise its sacred functions. The Explosion at Erith. THE VERDICT: Yesterday, the inquiry into the deaths caused by the explosion at Messrs Hall's stores in Erich marshes, was brought to a close after many hours' inquiry, with the following verdict : " We find that the death of the persons (named in the inquisitions) was caused by an explosion of gunpowder, which originated on one of the barges belonging to Messrs Hall and Sons, which was unloading at the jetty of their magazine at Erich; but how that explosion originated there was not any evidence to show." The Foreman (Capt. M'Killop) said—Mr Coroner, the jury desire to make this addendum to their verdict : " FLOM the evidence that has been adduced before the jury they would respectfully call the attention of her Ma jesty's Government to the many serious omissions and im perfections of the present Acts of Parliament relating to the gunpowder trade, and would call attention to a few of the points on which immediate legislation is re quired. Firstly, the quantity of gunpowder stored in any one place or noighbourhool, or any one powder magazine or railway train, Secondly, the construction and situa tion of magazines, their proximity to populous districts, to river walls, and other situations of danger, and to licens ing the same. Thirdly. The construction of barges and other vessels for the conveyance of gunpowder, and to the necessity of their having better distinguishing marks. Fourthly. The shipping and discharging of gunpowder generally. Fifthly. The importance of Government in spection and supervision—the storing, placing, and convey ance of gunpowder. Sixthly. The practices relating to the infringement of the Acts of Parliament relating thereto The jury also expressed theirappreciation of the services of Sergeant Cox, and begged the coroner to forward their views to the proper quarter, which Mr Carttar said he would do. '['ho inquiry then terminated. Course of Exchange,—Yesterday. -- Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 0 12 1 25 621 25 67/ Antwerp Brussels - 25 62i 25 67 llamburg .. 9 13 9/ Paris . •....... Short. 25 20 25 `45 Ditto ............ 3 Months. 25 62} 25 671 Marseilles — 25 65 25 70 Frankfort on Maine — 120} 121 Vienna Trieste Petcrsburgh —29 i B er lin — Madrid Cadiz — 46 47 Leghorn .— 26 85 25 90 Milan — 25 85 25 90 Genoa — 25 85 25 90 Naples Palermo — 26 871 25 92 -2 Messina — 26 871 25 92/ Lisbon - Si 51h Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ••• . . per oz., £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars TREASURE TROVE.—It may be remembered that two labouring men, when digging in a gravel pit at Stocker ston in June last, found a jar containing 62 gold coins, The coins were forwarded to the Treasury, On Tuesday last Mr Goodyer, the chief constable of the county, having re ceived instructions from the Lords Connnissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, paid the fortunate finders the sum of £55 133.91,, being the value of the treasure,—Leicester Journal•, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHREWSB TRY RACES—Tnis DAY. RIC ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MATCH.—Tarragona Leat East Sheen, ACTON BURNEL STAKES. Antoinette ............ 1 Hurrah 2 Princess Dagmar ...... 3 CALDECOT HANDICAP. Mouisey . 1 My Mary .. . '2 Five ran. BANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Lady Bolinn 1 agby 2 Five ran. MONK MOOIL HANDICAP. Dawdle Tornfool-ry Faith 3 Six ran. LONGLEATE HANDICAP. Hesper Colleen 9 Vision Eight ran, COLLTMN HANDICAP. Teneriffe .. Dunkeld Charming Woman.. Thirteen ran, The disputed hurdle race has not yet been decided—the c%se will be reopened at Mr Weatherby's office. The Confederate Generals. The accompany extracts are from a letter, dated Sept. 26, written by an English gentleman who has been in the South during a great portion of the war Lee himself is worn and anxious, but as cheerful to the eye and as indomitable as ever. I assure you Lee is more than ever a sight for gods and men. The same tranquil mo desty, utter absence of vanity, egotism, or self-seeking, and determination to spend and be spent in discharge of his duty. It is certainly one of the most beautiful characters I ever read of—certainly the most beautiful that I ever en countered. lam sorry to say that poor Longstreet is still suffering greatly. The ball went in at the base of his throat, just below Adam's apple, and cut its way out through the right shoulder, just below the clavicle. As it passed out it cut the nerves of sensation and motion of the right arm. The arm still remains paralysed as far as motion is concerned, but the nerves of sensation are somehow involved in the cicatrix, and are morbidly and acutely sensitive and irritable. He has taken oceans of morphine and is greatly reduced, but I fear the pain remains as great as ever. FEDERAL DEBT.—The official statement of the public debt represents that the amount outstanding was in creased by more than 61,000,000 dole. in the month of October. The unpaid requisitions are stated at 37,000,000 dols., and the amount in the Treasury at nearly 27,000,000 dols. The inauguration of the statue of Daubenton took place the day before yesterday at the Jardin d'Ac c!ima'ation in the Buis de Boulogne, Lut the state of the weather operated sadly against the fete. The statue has been placed in front of the large aviary, near which tri. bunes ornamented with flags were erected for the members of the Society and for the representatives of great scientific bodies. Among the persons present were M. Passy—Count d'Epremesnil, Secretary General of the Society—M. Rufz de Lavison, Director of the Garden —Marshal de Santa Cruz—M. Stanislas Julien, Member of the Institute, and several other scientific notabilities. The ceremony was pre sided over by M. de Qaatrefuges, Vice President of the society, who delivered an address appropriate to the occa sion. M. Richard (du Centel) next spoke, and pointed out all the practical results which had already been obtained from the labours of M. Daubanton. That illustrious ser vant, he said, born at Montbard (Cote d'Or), was the first who acclimatised Merino sheep in France, a fact which had materially improved the manufacture of cloth in the country. He was also the first to apply the science of comparative anatomy in the determination of fossil bodies. It was however more particularly for the services he had rendered to agriculture and to manufactures that his statue merited a place in the Jardin d'Acclimatation. After M. Viard, mayor of Montbard, had spoken in high praise of Daubenton, and of rho valuable services which he had rendered to the country, the meeting broke up. ALTERATION OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAlLS.—Commencing with December next, the direct mail packets for the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena, and Ascension, will, in future, leave Devonport on the morning of the 10th of each month, on the arrival of the mail despatched from London on the previous evening. When, however, the 9th of the month falls on Sunday, the mails will not be despatched from London until the even ing of the 10th, and the packet will not sail until the morn ing of the 11th. These packets will, henceforth, go on from the Cape to Mauritius, calling at Natal, and any letters, &c., for Mauritius, specially directed via the Cape of Good Hope, will be sent by that route. Such letters, &c,, will be liable to the same postage as when forwarded via Southampton and Suez, By command of the Postmas ter-General, General Post-office, Nov. 16, 1861. THE CONFEDERATE CRUISER SHENANDOAH (LATE SEA KING).—We received a letter yesterday front part of the crew of the Sea King, who returned to England in the African steamer Calabar. The men state that the Sea King is now called the Shenandoah, and that Captain Semmes was pointed to them as the captain of the vessel. They state also that the Sea King hoisted the Confederate flag. and that one was offered £lB per month to join the ship, After making inquiries we find that the 36 men who returned in the Calabar hold discharges marked V. G. (very good). Many of thmnen are members of the Total Absti nence Society, and therefore the charges of drunkenness c tnnot apply to them. We understand several of the crew of the Laurel were discharged for intemperance ; but we believe the crew of the Saa • King behaved themselves cre ditably in every respect. The men who have returned have been well treated, and have been recompensed for their services. Tho whole of the 36 men who returned in the Calabar did not go out in the Laurel, but shipped on board the Sea King from London.—Liverpool payer. SINGULAR APPLICATION FORA SUMMONS AGAINST THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NRIGIITON RAILWAY COM. rANY.—Yes'erday at the Southwark Police court, soon after Mr Woolrych had taken his seat and disposed of a few of the night charges, a gentleman entered the court, and having handed his card to one of the ushers, stated that he was a shareholder of the Brighton Railway Com pany, and he wished hie worship to grant him a summons against a gentleman connected with the railway for getting out of ono of the carriages while the train was in motion. Mr Woolrych said an application had better be made by one of the officers of the company in the regular way. Appli cant—They will not stir in the matter, sir; the offender is too great a man for them to interfere with. Mr.Wool rych—Have you complained to the o ffi cers of the railway ? Applicant—Oh yes, sir; I told them of it, and they laughed at me, but I am determined to proceed in the matter as far as the law allows me. Mr Woolrych—Who is the great offender? Applicant—Mr Leo Schuster, the chairman of the company. When I mentioned the circumstance to one of the officers of the company, the man said, " Oh, that's nothing ; Mr Schuster nearly always gets out of the car riage while the train is in motion." Mr Woolrych—When did the offence occur ? Applicant—On the 10th of last month, and the reason I have not applied for a summons before is, that I have been in the country and have been making inquiries how I should proceed. Mr Woolrych The time is so distant that Ido not think i t would be proper to grant a summons. You should h ave applied before. The applicant said ho thought the time did not matter. Last year he, unfortunately, was summoned by the company for a similar offence after the lapse of a month, and he was fined 405., which he paid. Tho directors of the company had not treated him so gentlemanly as they ought, therefore he considered that h e h a d a ri g ht t o summo n the chairman for breaking the law. Mr Woalrych —Then yeti proceed rather vindictively ? Applicant—No, sir; but I think that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. (Laughter.) Mr Woolrych—l suppose you mean by that you have been the goose ? Applicant—Well' perhaps I do ; but you will notwithstandi ng grant me a summons. Mr Woolrych— You may take your summons, The following is an extract from a letter received from Messrs. H, L. Bolton and Co., Ls Onayra, dated the 25th October, by the General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited), in refe• rence to tlie Vent zuelun L0an,1864 :—" We enclose the following statement of duties collected—No.l2, from Paerto Cabello, 48 dole. 64c—No.118:4fore_ from ditto, 150 dole,—No. 14, from ditto, 340 No. 6, from La Guaira, 73 dels. 62 c—total, 4G4 dole.' 16c. The complete exhaustion of stocks of produce of every description in our markets etc , counts for the small amount of duties collected, which is always the ease during the last three months of the year. We are pleated to be able to communicate to you the news just received of a peaceful arrangement concluded with the province o f Guyana, lately threatening sccesion. The next crops of coffee and cotton will not begin to errivo to market before the middle of January, as greut thought has much retarded it, but prospects aro held out that preciuce will be abundant."